Random Rants ΟΔ: broken record

[Synobun]

I've been using Mozilla Thunderbird for years now because I got tired of the layout changing. I guess this wouldn't work too well if you're on a phone or something though.

I never got into dedicated mail clients. I went from Hotmail to Yahoo to Gmail.

 

[Takhisis]

And yet you have the gall to criticise my taste.

 

[Synobun]

And yet you have the gall to criticise my taste.

Keep talking, cartoon mouse-cat.

 

[Takhisis]

You've just said that you don't think midichlorians are stupid, so my point stands.

 

[Arakhor]

Well, biologically, they make sense for an inborn talent, but they're thematic nonsense in a setting where space wizards fight with plasma blades.

 

[Synobun]

They're just tiny lifeforms attracted to the Force.

 

[Takhisis]

No, you're a tiny lifeform attracted to the Force.

Well, biologically, they make sense for an inborn talent,

Really? How is it transmitted? How did they impregnate Shmi?

but they're thematic nonsense in a setting where space wizards fight with plasma blades.

Would you consider the Jedi Paladins?

 

[Arakhor]

They're just tiny lifeforms attracted to the Force.

Which comes out of left-field for no dramatic reason other than to say that Anakin has a greater raw talent than Yoda. Just use See Force, you dummies, rather than a medical testing kit.

Would you consider the Jedi Paladins?

I think they like to think they are, but they're far too morally inflexible for that.

 

[Synobun]

That sounds like a dramatic reason to me.

 

[Arakhor]

Hence why I said "other than". You could also have a random explosion serve a dramatic purpose, but that doesn't mean that it's well-placed or couldn't be better served by a different device.

 

[Synobun]

You mean like Anakin blowing up the Trade Federation ship in the orbit of Naboo?

 

[Arakhor]

I was speaking in general, not about specific explosions.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Well, biologically, they make sense for an inborn talent, but they're thematic nonsense in a setting where space wizards fight with plasma blades.

In a setting where space wizards fight with plasma blades the boundary beyond which thematic nonsense lies is dimly marked, to say the least.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

One of my cars is having serious electrical faults and all of the sensors and electronics are acting up. It also drained the battery dead over the last couple days even though the car was off.

Also I've been getting calls about debt collection for someone that is not me. Unfortunately the debt collecting calls are from a robot who simply tells me I need to call them back. Pretty sure it's just a scam but they are getting belligerent and calling every couple of hours.

 

[Silurian]

Is it a TESLA

If you call the robot it will be a premium rate phone number that will put you on hold.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Nah it's a Chevy and between the non-stop electrical faults and the absolute worst customer experience I think I won't lease from them again. Which sucks because my other car (Spark EV) is dirt cheap and generally awesome and I was going to trade it in for a Bolt at the end of my lease.

 

[Synobun]

My biggest client has started mentioning money problems.

He makes more in a month than I do in two years, and lives in a country where the dollar stretches twice as far. I wonder what he's spending his money on.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Sounds like a pretext to stiff you. Hope that doesn't happen

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Also I've been getting calls about debt collection for someone that is not me. Unfortunately the debt collecting calls are from a robot who simply tells me I need to call them back. Pretty sure it's just a scam but they are getting belligerent and calling every couple of hours.

There's this woman that my gf hasn't seen or heard from in at least fifteen years. Back in the day before cell phones when you filled out a credit ap the references at the bottom had to be people who you knew their phone number off the top of your head, or carried it with you, and for whatever reason my gf ended up on a lot of her credit aps as a reference. Apparently this woman has now gone belly up, and skipped, so we get those same robo-calls. That's how debt collection currently works. It is an annoyance, but if you call them and tell them your number is no longer associated with whoever it is they are looking for they will cull it from their system. Unlike telemarketers they aren't really interested in reaching people at random, they just for some reason think your number is a path to whoever it is they are looking for.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Yeah my bigger worry is the whole thing is a scam to extract information or money out me. I'm not convinced it is a real debt collector, especially with the whole thing being a robocall.